People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) is a major liberal political party in the Netherlands, founded on 24 January 1948 by Pieter Oud. In September 2005, its manifesto stated that the party supported direct democracy, non-discrimination, social rights, euthanasia rights, economic liberalism, and big business authority. The party was once allied to the fascist Party for Freedom, but it later allied with the Dutch Labor Party due to their liberal views.